Daughters Of The Dragon: 8 Reasons Why It Should Be Netflix's Next Marvel Series
6. More Representation Is Always A Good Thing
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Luke Cage received plenty of accolades when it released last year, and rightly so. Apart from the fact that it was a great series in and of itself, it was also predominantly led by an African American cast - a first for Marvel, particularly since the MCU kicked off in 2008.
Both Luke Cage and Wonder Woman illustrated, in no small way, that representation matters. Iron Fist didn't seem to get the memo, but still, now that Marvel have caught onto the fact that diversity is good for lots of different reasons, it would make sense that they'd green-light a project that would not only be led by women, but by women of colour too.
A Daughters of the Dragon series would be amazing for plenty of different reasons, but the fact that it would offer a truly diverse cast of characters has to be a key reason why.
WhatCulture's very own resident movie guy, Ewan has been working in the content creation biz for over 10 years now, having started as a freelance contributor to WhatCulture Gaming all the way back in 2015. After graduating with a First-Class Honours in History from Northumbria University in 2017 (where he won a prize for a totally killer dissertation on the Watergate years), Ewan took on the role of Comics Editor at WhatCulture and quickly developed WhatCulture Comics into one of the biggest superhero-focused channels on YouTube. He followed this with a brief hiatus at Screen Rant in 2021, where he worked across the Gaming and Film sections as a writer and editor, before returning to WhatCulture as a Senior Content Producer / Presenter in 2023. He started his own podcast, We Love Dad Movies, in 2022, and has contributed several written pieces to the Eisner-nominated comics website Shelfdust as well.
In his current role, Ewan incorporates his love of cinema, comic books, and history into written pieces and video essays for WhatCulture's Film & TV channel, as well as WhatCulture Gaming and WhatCulture Horror, with a particular focus on nineties-era Dad Movies, old school Westerns, and Golden Age Hollywood Noir. John Carpenter is his fave, and he thinks Batman Beyond should never have been cancelled. If that's your vibe, you'll probably like his stuff.
